New York City Switches to Hybrid Taxis
June 26th, 2006 by admin
Hybrid technology makes a big impact in New York
New York City is expanding their hybrid-electric cabs this year. Soon NYC will have more hybrid cabs than regular cabs, which will save them a magnificent amount of money.
The all new hybrid taxis can achieve more than double gas mileage of the original taxis. The brand of hybrids range from a small Toyota Prius or a nice Lexus Rx 400h.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission wasn’t sure if cab drivers would embrace the new technology, so it opened the bidding at discounted prices as an incentive.
For the Taxi and Limousine commission to afford to be able to afford hybrids, they actually auction off the rights for people to operate them, and this year’s auction was the highest auctions ever. One person paid $554,147 to operate a cab.
So, with NYC converting to hybrids, how long will it be until other cities change to hybrid too?
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